Nayeemul Islam Khan

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Bangladesh's Supreme Court has hardened the sentence against
Abdul Quader Molla, a top Islamist of a key opposition party, from a life term to
death for his role in mass killings committed during the country's war of independence
from Pakistan in 1971. But what caught my eye in particular was that Molla was
also convicted on a separate charge of murdering a prominent journalist, Khandoker
Abu Taleb, on March 29, 1971.

This past weekend, hundreds of thousands of
Islamists took to the streets in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, demanding death
for bloggers whose work they see as blasphemous. The demonstrations highlight
the deteriorating climate for journalists, both those whose work is the target
of the protests and those who have tried to cover the events. Several
journalists were assaulted while covering the day-long demonstrations, including
reporter Nadia Sharmin of the private broadcaster Ekushey Television. She was
assaulted by a group of 50 to 60 Islamists who threw her to the ground, beat
her, and told her that reporting was an unfit profession for a woman, news
reports said.

New York,
March 13, 2013--Authorities in Bangladesh must immediately investigate attacks
on a journalist's car and a local press club that occurred within a day of each
other, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The attacks took place
amid massive politicized strikes and demonstrations that have swept the
country.